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ITAMCO, a manufacturer of precision-machined components, has connected its forklifts to the industrial Internet of Things (IoT). A communication system notifies a material handler as soon as materials are ready to go to the next work area within Itamco’s manufacturing facilities. Each forklift is linked to Itamco’s ERP system through its GPS and an application on a smart tablet mounted in the forklift. Forklift operators are notified via their smart devices when they’re needed. Itamco has seen a 10% reduction in the time it takes to get material ready for the next operation...

Wednesday, Joel Neidig stood in front of a crowded room at the White House to talk about the success his company and other manufacturers have made and the future of manufacturing in the United States...

“Distortion, delamination and failure are common challenges with direct metal laser sintering (DMLS). A project funded by America Makes and sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory aims to help manufacturers meet these challenges...

“Led by Wolf Robotics, in conjunction with Caterpillar Inc.; EWI; GKN Aerospace; IPG Photonics Corporation; ITAMCO; Lincoln Electric Company; Oak Ridge National Lab; United Technologies Corporation; and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, this project will position the AM industrial user base to take advantage of the lower cost and increased flexibility associated with scalable, multi-axis (nine and above) robot systems. The project team will build upon an existing alpha generation CAD to Path AM Robotic Software tool; test and refine the CAD to Path tool for a commercial first release; and conduct basic process testing to bundle it with a multi-process, multi-meter, multi-material, production-ready robot-based 3DP system...

“The first issue of Smart Manufacturing is really a celebration of many of those in manufacturing who have had the foresight to develop and adopt cutting-edge digital technologies and drive manufacturing into a new era of competitiveness,” said Sarah A. Webster, editor in chief of Advanced Manufacturing Media. “These leaders are helping to make U.S. manufacturing more competitive every day." ITAMCO has been named as one of the visionaries...

In America, ITAMCO, an Indiana-based engineering company, has found similar benefits for its customers. Having data automatically pop into their field of view...

Twenty billion. That's the estimated number of devices that will be connected to the Internet by 2020, according to analyst firm Gartner (currently, 5 billion connected things are in use). It's part of the global push behind what's known as the Internet of Things (IoT), defined by Gartner as "the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment...

"There has to be a standard about how these devices communicate." ITAMCO has about half million square feet of manufacturing floor space, and its been collecting data from its machines for predictive analysis and preventive maintenance...

ITAMCO, a manufacturer of precision-machined components, specializing in gears—from mining gearing to production runs of CBN-ground transmission gears, has connected its forklifts to the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)...

The new machines will join the extensive gear grinder inventory already in use at ITAMCO, including the Kapp Niles ZP 40, one of the largest machines of its kind and the only such machine in the United States, and eight CBN gear grinders. The new equipment will be installed in ITAMCO’s temperature-controlled precision grinding center in their 385,000 sq. ft. Northern Indiana facility. To further accommodate the production of large-scale gears, ITAMCO utilizes Zeiss Coordinate Measuring Machines that are ideally suited to verify very large gears, and the manufacturing facility has two overhead cranes, one with 40-ton capacity and another with 10 ton-capacity, ample loading docks and a rail connection...

Three Innovation Forums themed around "disruptions" explored inspirational case studies. For example, Joel Neidig, Developer and Technology Manager of Itamco, outlined how makers can bring together communication, design, community and augmented reality. Specializing in precision gear manufacturing, Itamco has manufactured robotic test joints that built the international space station for NASA...Watch it here

“The R&D award and subsequent results will go a long way to bringing Additive Manufacturing into our offerings,” stated Joel Neidig, Engineer and lead IT developer at ITAMCO. “As a gear manufacturer, we will always do subtractive manufacturing, but we recognise that Additive Manufacturing is the future of our business...

As consumer voice and data service revenues reach their saturation point, mobile operators are keen to capitalize on other avenues to drive revenue growth. One such opportunity is providing network connectivity for M2M devices like smart meters, connected cars and healthcare monitors...

In most 3-D printing processes, depending on the complexity of the model being printed, the object will need support structures (think of an overlapping part), to hold up the part so that it can keep its shape. ITAMCO told me they are creating some of the software to help with this support optimization because few rules exist for designing support structures. Adding these supports is still fairly primitive and does not consider part orientation, distortion, or heat extraction uniformity...

Founded in 1955, the Northern Indiana-based manufacturer delivers precision-machined components to OEMs worldwide in mining, off-highway vehicles, marine, and aviation. The company specialises in precision gear manufacturing and their capabilities range from mining gearing to production runs of CBN-ground transmission gears...

Dr. Shankar is an associate professor of industrial engineering at the university. He works in the capacity of principal investigator of “Parametric Design of Functional Support Structures for Metal Alloy Feedstocks.” For this project and $805,966 contract, Dr. Shankar is collaborating with ITAMCO, Johnson & Johnson, and the University of Notre Dame...

A team consisting of Indiana Technology and Manufacturing Companies (ITAMCO), Johnson & Johnson, the University of Notre Dame and the University of Pittsburgh has been awarded an R&D fund by America Makes, a division of the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute. The team is one of nine groups to receive funding through the Institute’s third project call. America Makes will provide up to $8 million in funding toward these projects with $11 million in matching cost shared by the awarded project teams for total funding worth $19 million...

Led by the University of Pittsburgh, in conjunction with Johnson & Johnson, ITAMCO, and the University of Notre Dame, this project will strive to develop parametric designs of functional support structures for metal alloy feedstocks for additive manufacturing...

Announced at the recent [MC]2 Conference in Chicago, the MTConnect Student Challenge is offering a total of $33,000 in cash prizes for winning submissions from college students...

The votes are in, and Autodesk customer ITAMCO has been named the Autodesk Inventor of the Year for 2014. ITAMCO delivers precision-machined components to OEM's that serve a wide array of industries...

Indiana Technology and Manufacturing Companies (ITAMCO) was recently invited to display their technology products at the Advanced Materials and Composites Grid Cell in Ann Arbor, MI.

Manufacturing is one of the big industry markets that 3D printing is proposing to revolutionize – and ITAMCO, an Indiana machining and contract manufacturing company, based in Plymouth, Indiana, is one of the heralds of how advanced technologies can make that change happen in manufacturing.

Augmented reality requires expertise in: computer vision, computer science, information technology and engineering to develop the manufacturing systems and processes to provide prowess for where and how to implement augemented reality systems. For businesses with employees with factory experience, their background provides insight into possible obstacles that may arise.

ITAMCO makes gears for the energy and defense markets for equipment such as large mining vehicles, wind turbines and radar positioning systems.

ITAMCO has released three new bundled apps: CNC Machinist, Practical Machinist, and Ultimate Machinist. Theses app bundles contain ITAMCO's most popular apps and are offered at reduced prices through the App Store.

Together with thousands of small companies spread across the nation, they are truly Reinventing America and redefining its role in the Global Economy.

Data-driven manufacturing, in an exhibit provided by ITAMCO's "Google Glass & MTConnect" and a presentation about how emerging technology is enabling both people and equipment to collect and process the facts they need to achieve better results. West Building, Booth W-10

ITAMCO has been named the January Inventor of the Month for using Autodesk Digital Prototyping tools — including Autodesk Inventor 3D design software as part of Autodesk Product Design Suite, along with Autodesk Factory Design Suite — to better serve its customers